Metal protector for footwear or the hoofs of animals



Dec. 15, 1936. F. GENECAND 2,064,531

METAL PROTECTOR FOR FOOTWEAR OR THE HOOFS `01: ANIMALS Filed July 27,1955 ero Patented Dec. 15, 1936 UNITED STATE-As PATENT OFFICE PROTECTORFQR` THE HooFs or ANIMALS Flix Genecand, Geneva, Switzerland, assgnorV1:0 Tricouni Socit Anonyme, Gemella, .Swiftzerland, a corporation o fSwitzerland Application July 27, 1935, Serial No. 33,580

' `Inv Switzerland protector is] designed to be attached to shoesl Wornby people in'the'case of "animals the protector "is 'fixeddire-ctlyitpthe animals hoofs'.

Thev metal protector according'to the invern-r iioii is, oiaeiooierizeoby e .Sopeort which linie on to the shoeforflioof )to be nailed or shod"and enf circled4 by pieces in vthe shape of a U showing at ty onthefouter side of one" oi its a per'ity having a direction nearly l .ltothe Pleneoi Seid bieiioii# Fia .lie e viewfhom' ,below Showing tWooonetiiiotiooai forme off Ltiieiiieiel protector eeeordf ine i9 teeiiiyeiiirion! Figs. 2 and ,Saro a cross section and a perspec; iiveiew.of rei? .ofi, he of the Yooiieii'lioiion',el fQlm Qflf'fe l Y i I -Fig-41s a perspeeiiye view of e Ufeheoed peri '.Fieo ,af-151 .are.eeieeoiiye vieyelboth of e section of `the lll-shaped part and also ofthis Per? .511@ Pf .113,5 .59999117 if) .the @Se .Qf .a third and e.fourth .ooiietrootioiia forme.-

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:Figofieiisi ieie Views froiiibeiow and@ Seoiioii ofiijieriodiiieoreitoi. aeroport Figs. Y10 and 11 show in 'a' front View and apartly sigle View another modified form of the support.

HFinally Figs, n142 to 14 refer to a special Way of preparing the iU-olieiped parte oi :the support with a View for receivingiationmembers.

All the examples given relate to the nailing of shoes.

'JIihemetal protector according to the invention does-,awayiwith-one ofthe customary two supports Vand the shape .of the `'partsixed on thesupport left is, as will be seen, mechanically more' resistant.

According .to the rst vof the .constructional forms, represented v onFig. 1 vand on Figs. 2 and 3, ithe .single `support .9 is lmade of aflat v.piece of metal of a Arectangular section and also .bent to fitexactly theshape of .the edge of the heel I0, to whchit isiixedbyacertain number of screws Il.

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Held in placegby riveting, a dentelated part I4 isiedblitsid' n" AtheV'o'tlflerbranch of the U andiriv "way that'the teeth are pointingnearly" perpendicular'with'respect tothe surface of vthis"branch;thusQtowardsfth'e ground when the 'sh'oe`-i'sbing`-1`sd`f The two branchesmfthe U-Shaped part have two holes 5in thesupprtlland in which a U-shapedhoek l ''s'tgbintroduced: The mfetalpijotctionis'placed as follows:

First,Y theF slippofrt' i9A isscewed on to the heel, then the'f'parts `I3 Yare Aput fin`place` one by one into the'notches l2 'and'arethe'nliked by nailing with the hooks I6, '"tthplace of these hooks, at Il,each part I3 hasasm'all notchdallowig thepoint of a tool to get under`the hoo-k',V When'on of these has to be taken'orf yto 'change .-finstance a part .|3, the teeth of which have been worn out. Vv"The lower'ight'part of Fig. `1 shows. in a second construe-'tional 4forr'n that.it is possible to yplace the U-,shaped .parts on the support, not onlyYfrom Athe iitside'as it V:is Ithe case vfor .the parts '{3',"butalsofrom .the .inside according `to the arrangement Yof .the vpiece .|8.AHIlrii'slast piece Lis Igiven in .detail .by Fig. 4andfdiffersf-fromfthe rstdescrbedpieces in that it lcorisis'tsnof Aonepiece'of laminated metal cut out' and curvedinsuch a way ,as .to Vmake aU,

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f os'sioie Portiere which :contributes still more errtingtwo'setsfdfteethy-zfland v2l, made of dmup` and placed laterally with has"Identelated .parts as shown by this figure, to fix ori each branchlengthened 28 a supplementary part I3.

It has already been noticed that the ends of the branches of the support9 are quickly worn out at 29 (Fig. l), so that it may be useful to addU-shaped parts as shown-in Fig. 7 or to strengthen the support Where theWear is the greatest.

It is this last solution which is given in Figs. 8 and 9, showing theends 30 of a support ending by pads or extra thickness 3l.

So as to be able to protect'the inside edge of the heel, a support likethat of Figs. 10 and 11 can be foreseen where a bridge 32 joins the twoends 33, said bridge having a side 34 nding support against the lateralside 35 of the heel and a side 36 resting on the heel. The side 34 hasalso points 31 made to penetrate into the sole 38 so as to ensure a goodxation of the whole.

As to the xing of the U-shaped parts with hooks, also U-shaped, it ispossible to avoid piercingthe parts by preparing these latter as shownin Fig. 12. Laterally upon the two branches of the U, at 39, notches areprovided for the passage of the branches of the U-shaped hook, and themedian part of the hook rests in a groove 40 joining the two uppernotches.

On the contrary, the piercing of the support can also be avoided byproceedingas indicated on Figs. 13 and 14 that is by making the upperbranch 4| of the U-shaped part suiiciently long so that the branches 42of the hook can be placed outside the prole of the support 43, or, asshown along the notches 44 of the said support. In this case also, thepart of the branch 4l which is longerthan the support can be turneddown, wedging the hook and preventing still better the parts from comingundone.

The two ways given in Fig. 12 and Figs. 13 and 14 could be usedtogether.

There are still a lgood many other ways of xing the U-shaped parts on tothe support, and here following are several examples:

The outer branch of the U-shaped part might be made broader than thebranch passing under the support, so that two screws passing through thebroader branch and the support could be placed in such a Way as to go oneither side of the narrower branch without piercing it. These screwscould assure at the same time the fixation of the support.

The branch of the U-shaped part passing under the support could belonger than the other or lengthened by one or several teeth. The part orparts longer thanthe support could be turned down against and over ittohold the U-shaped part in place. This would be approximately a contrarysolution to that of Fig. 6, the turned down part being thus long enoughto be able to suppress the hook or any other sort of fixation.

Laterally to the outer branch of the U-shaped part teeth or tongues cutin this branch by two notches on each side could be foreseen, said teethor tongues, with a pointed tool, could be pushed into holes orcorresponding grooves of the support, so Aas to assure the immobility ofthe U-shaped part on the latter. n

In the case of a U-fshaped part with a broader outer branch, thenumberof teeth round the edge can be increased or these teeth can be againdivided in two groups, between which av notch would allow, in thecasewhere the other branch is turned down over the'supporig to curve theend of the latter between the two groups of teeth. Finally it isnot'necessary that'the teeth of the U-shaped parts or pieces be turnedonly parallel to the edge of the support, as is the case for the partsI3 and I8, or only perpendicularly to that direction, as it is the casefor the part I9, because the two directions of teeth could be arrangedon one and the same U-shaped part.

I claim:-

1. In a metal protector for foot-Wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a support and of U-shaped pieces, the median part and onebranch of which are lodged in notches provided in the support, saidpieces being provided on the outer face of one of their branches with atleast one asperity having a direction nearly perpendicular to the planeof said face.

2. In a metal protector for foot-wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a support adapted to. be tted to the part to be providedwith the metal protector and of U-shaped pieces, the median and onebranch of which are lodged in notches provided in the support and soarranged that the U-shaped pieces may be put in place from the outsideof the support, said pieces being provided on the outer face of one oftheir branches with at least one asperity having a direction nearlyperpendicular to the plane of said face.

3. In a metal protector for foot-wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a support adapted to be fitted to the part to be providedwith the metal protector and of U-shaped pieces, the median and onebranch of which are lodged in notches provided in the support and soarranged that the U-shaped pieces may be put in place from the inside ofthe'support, said pieces being provided on the outerface of one of theirbranches with at least one asperity having a direction nearlyperpendicular to the plane of said face.

4. In a metal protector for foot-wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a U-shaped support which is adapted to be tted to thepart to be provided with the metal protector and the branches of whichhave at their free ends extensions turned one towards the other, and ofU- shaped pieces encircling the support, placed on the latter and theextensions of its branches and provided on the outer faces of one oftheir branches with at least one asperity having a direction nearlyperpendicular to the plane of said face.

5. In a metal protector for foot-wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a U-s'haped support adapted to be tted to the part to beprovided with the metal protector, the ends of the branches of thesupport being reinforced, and of U-shaped pieces encircling the supportand provided on the outer face of one of their branches with at leastone asperity having a direction nearly perpendicular to the plane ofsaid ace.

6. In a metal protector for foot-wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a U-shaped support adapted to be fixed onto the heel of ashoe and to t the outer outline of the heel, the two ends of thebranches of the support being joined by a bridge extending along theinner edge of the lheel and having a part turned down against thecorresponding lateral inner face of the heel and ending in parts whichare adapted to penetrate into the sole of the shoe, and of U-shapedpieces encircling the support and provided on the outer face of one oftheir branches with at least one A'asperity having a direction nearlyperpendicular to the plane of said face.

7. In a metal protector for foot-wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a support adapted to be tted to the part to be providedwith the metal protector, of U-shaped pieces encircling the support andprovided on the outer face of one of their branches with at least oneasperity having a direction nearly perpendicular to the plane of saidface, each U-shaped piece being provided with two holes going rightthrough their branches perpendicularly to the latter, and the supportbeing also provided at the corresponding places with two holes, and ofhooks, which are each placed in a group of four holes, are going in thisway through the pieces and the support and are adapted to penetrate thusinto the part provided with the metal protector.

8. In a metal protector for foot-wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a support adapted to be tted to the part to be providedwith the metal protector and of U-shaped pieces encircling the support,the end of one branch of which being bent out outwards with reference tothe body of the branch so as to be nearly perpendicular to the plane ofthe said branch and ending with teeth.

9. In a metal protector for foot-Wear or the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a support adapted to be fitted to the part to be providedwith the metal protector and of U-shaped pieces encircling the supportand one branch of which is laterally provided on each side with a set ofteeth bent out outwards with respect to the U so as to be nearlyperpendicular to the plane of the branch.

10. In a metal protector for foot-wear lor the hoofs of animals, thecombination of a support adapted to be iitted to the part to be providedwith the metal protector and of U-shaped pieces encircling the supportand provided on the outer face of one of their branches with at leastone asperity having a direction nearly perpendicular to the plane ofsaid face, one branch of the U-shaped pieces being longer than the widthof the part of the support to which it is applied and being bent oversaid part.

FELIX GENECAND.

